B
When done right, dark comedy can make for entertaining fare. But, when mishandled, it can be a real chore to sit through. And, as for this latest offering from writer-director Jason Laurits, the finished product falls somewhere in the middle, starting out strong but losing steam the further it progresses. The film is at its best when viewers meet washed-up television celebrity Blake de Troy (Jack Plotnick), a onetime staple of campy 1970s game shows cut from the same cloth as the likes of Paul Lynde, Rip Taylor and Charles Nelson Reilly. Since the heyday of his career, however, Blake has strug…
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